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TOUGH CALL: What Bahamians are discussing on social media
SEVERAL recent posts on my Facebook page discussed topical issues and generated some interesting responses, which I share here.
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Agriculture policy to emphasise buyer links
Small Bahamian producers and livestock developers must have secure access to regional and international markets, the Minister of Agriculture said yesterday, adding that “connecting buyers to sellers” was central to the the Bahamas’ Agriculture Policy Programme (APP).
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STATESIDE: Messi makes and impact on Miami sports with a look at Mas Canosa’s impact on Cuban-US relations
WE all know about the close ties The Bahamas maintains with South Florida. It’s hardly a secret that the legal as well as the illegal commerce between us has over many decades proven to be enduring, necessary, lucrative and quite creative. Miami-Dade County has 30 “sister city” agreements with foreign municipalities around the world, including one with The Bahamas. And one of Miami’s two “friendship city” relationships is with Barcelona which might prove to be prophetic, as we will see.
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URCA seeks to shorten reconnection time
THE Utilities Regulation and Competition Authority wants to shorten the time communications service providers have to reconnect the services of people who are wrongfully disconnected or were disconnected because of non-payment.
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Avengers even series with police, Cybots take 2-0 lead vs Challengers
THE Bahamas Government Departmental Basketball Association continued its semi-final playoffs at the AF Adderley Gymnasium on Monday night.
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URCA: BTC cell monopoly 'rare'
URCA: BTC cell monopoly 'rare' By NEIL HARTNELL Tribune Business Editor While conceding that the Bahamas Telecommunications Company's (BTC) ongoing cellular monopoly was "increasingly rare", the industry regulator has rejected Cable Bahamas' urging that
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STATESIDE: The changing faces of today’s America
THE government has announced that preparations are well underway for the next Bahamian national census. An estimated 119,000 households are due to be surveyed over the first three months of 2022. Ho-hum?
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Jonquel Jones and Sun advance to WNBA Finals
Jonquel Jones made local basketball history once again and became the first Bahamian player to advance to the WNBA Finals. Jones and the Connecticut Sun closed out the Los Angeles Sparks with a 78-56 win last night in Long Beach, California. With t
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TOUGH CALL: Why Trump won and what it could mean for The Bahamas
One thing is for certain - there has been no shortage of analysis from every quarter on why Donald Trump won the US presidential election.
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Video games usually are one of the biggest varieties of amusement in existence. They've also been essentially the most costly …
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High Flyers win opener
The Breezes High Flyers soared on all cylinders last night as they flew past the Johnson’s Trucking 98-84 to snatch a 1-0 lead in the New Providence Basketball Association men’s division II best-of-five championship series.
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Giants and Regulators in battle for John Archer pennant
THE Commonwealth Bank Giants and Mr Ship It Freight Regulators, battling it out for the John Archer Divisional pennant, pulled off victories on Monday as the New Providence Basketball Association played a double header at the AF Adderley Gymnasium.
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Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships wrap up
THE 2016 Caribbean Amateur Golf Championships closed out at the Ocean Club resort, Paradise Island, on Friday with the Bahamas remaining in the same position they occupied all week in both the men’s Hoerman Cup and the ladies’ George Teale Memorial Cup.
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STATESIDE – Halfway through his first term: Biden and the immigration issue
US President Joe Biden is halfway through his first term in the nation’s top job. After an initial boost in favourable poll ratings and with TV and other media pundits, Biden began to slip, until earlier this year he achieved a dubious distinction when he sank “under water” with less than 50 percent approval ratings in the polls. Oddly, Donald Trump and “his” Supreme Court have rescued Biden twice.
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STATESIDE: When – if ever – is it going to stop?
IS horrific gun violence in the US even newsworthy anymore? One can reasonably wonder what will be required for American legislators to enact meaningful gun control laws.
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STATESIDE: Watching the election
FOR months, headlines have screamed out warnings that the future of American democracy was at stake in Tuesday’s elections.
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STATESIDE: Trump just won’t go away and it may be Liz Cheney is the one to stop him trying again for the White House
There are serious people in the United States this morning who will tell you the future of democracy in America rests with Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell and Liz Cheney.
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Bahamians win medals, qualify for the NCAA Nationals
NCAA Track and Field moved into its conference championships across several divisions and Bahamian student athletes produced medal winning performances en route to qualifying for the upcoming NCAA National Championships.
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STATESIDE: How long will it take for the US to recover the ground it’s lost in the eyes of the world?
“I feel sorry for Americans,” a lawmaker in Myanmar told The New York Times recently. From Berlin, another Times reporter wrote that events in the US were “shaking fundamental assumptions in Europe about American exceptionalism”.
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STATESIDE: America’s had enough
THE man with the political death wish may have finally been granted that wish.